Boss Mick McCarthy was frustrated that his side conceded two bad goals after the Blues’ 2-1 loss at QPR, a game he felt Town should never have lost having put in a “terrific performance”.
"If frustrated is another word for completely pissed off, then yes I am,” McCarthy responded when asked if he was frustrated by the result.
"What went wrong? We conceded two bad goals, that’s what went wrong. We created loads of chances, the second half was a terrific performance, but we haven’t scored and we’ve given a milky goal away.”
He added: "Very happy with the performance, I thought we played really well, it was a good performance all round.”
But he admitted it was frustrating that the Blues have again been unable to record back-to-back wins, something they’ve not managed since the end of last season.
"Two good performances but a really good performance and a good result and a good performance and a bad result, unfortunately,” he continued.
"You’ve more chance of winning if you’re playing well and we have played well today but if you give goals away like we have, then it’s going to be difficult.”
Regarding QPR’s winning goal, which came in the 83rd minute via Pawel Wszolek after he had got in behind Adam Webster, he said: "It was a great header from Jonas and the ball came back and it was a poor clearance.
"Inevitably if you don’t clear it properly it ends in behind you, which is where our ball should have gone and they were sticking it in the net instead of us.”
McCarthy was pleased with Tom Lawrence’s overall performance as well as his excellent goal: "Tom’s been a thorn in their side all afternoon, certainly in the second half when we went to 4-4-2. He created chances and he scored a great goal.”
He was also impressed with David McGoldrick’s display, although said that the Irish international was disappointed not to have scored.
"Didz is back at it, he’s playing well,” McCarthy continued. "He himself says he should have scored, he’s disappointed that he didn’t.
"If we don’t score a winner, it should have ended one-all, we shouldn’t have lost that game.”
McCarthy explained why he started his side in a 3-5-2 system for the first time: "I wanted two up front and I knew they’d be playing three in the middle, so I matched them up them up there.
"The shape of the team had nothing to do with the goal, I thought we played well in the first half, after five or 10 minutes I thought we started and played well. We dominated up to the goal.”
Why did he switch back to 4-4-2 at half-time? "We played well but they were sticking it in behind us and in the channels and having a bit of joy and just wanted to get Wardy on, a bit more of an attacking threat.
"I thought Josh played well, it was nothing to do with his performance why I took him off, I just wanted to go to 4-4-2.”
McCarthy was pleased with Josh Emmanuel and Myles Kenlock’s performances in the wing-back roles.
"I thought they both played very well,” he added. "Myles, unfortunately, was struggling with his calf when I took him off. I might have changed a striker, been more attacking, but I couldn’t, that was forced upon me.”
The introduction of Jonathan Douglas rather then Andre Dozzell prompted boos from some Town supporters and then chants of the 17-year-old’s name.
"I guess that’s what they want to see,” McCarthy reflected. "We’re away from home, it’s not like the game on Friday. It’s a different game completely.
"Poor old Kevin Bru was running on empty and we’re coming here and it required Dougie in there. They’d got three in there at one stage and we were playing 4-4-2, so we might have got overrun and we didn’t.
"We’ve just given a [bad goal away]. The criticism can be levelled because we’ve lost, but we’ve given two piss poor goals away in a really good performance.
"It gives people a stick to beat me with because we’ve lost but ultimately that’s bullshit, to be honest with you.”
Does the defeat change his plans for next week’s FA Cup third round tie at home to Lincoln? "Not really, I’d not given it too much thought before today. But no, I’ll be playing as strong a side as possible, we need to win it.”